Staff Technical Program Manager, GeminiApp, DeepMind
About the role
Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers. Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.
Responsibilities
- Guide critical Gemini feature launches, driving progress from conception to delivery.
- Forging close partnerships with program manager and engineering leads to define product strategy and ensure precise execution.
- Navigate and resolve complex dependencies across workstreams, functions, and organizations.
- Guide engineering teams in identifying, prioritizing, and tracking tasks to meet key deadlines.
- Identify and mitigate risks, implementing solutions to keep projects on velocity.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in program management.
- 3 years of experience leading cross-functional programs.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience working in a startup environment.
- Demonstrated experience launching features to consumers through frontend software development or backend platform development.
- Track record of collaborating with and influencing stakeholders across various functions and sites, especially in situations with little authority and considerable ambiguity.
Pay
US: $256000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits